Donate

We depend on your individual gifts in order to continue to improve the standard of care for all children in Los Angeles. By supporting VIP, you are giving hope to the over 20,000 victims of abuse and family violence we see each year. Your gift makes a difference.

DONATION OF STOCK

Planned Giving

Join Our Circle of Hope

Establish a legacy to ensure the long-term success of our programs and allow VIP to continue to care for every child who seeks safety and protection in Los Angeles by joining our Children’s Endowment. With your pledge to include VIP as a beneficiary in your will, life insurance policy, or other planned gifts, your name will be memorialized within our agency.

For more information about the Children’s Endowment and planned giving opportunities, please contact the VIP Development Department at (323) 221-4134 or at donate@vip-cmhc.org.

VIP has many ways for you to volunteer in our offices or in your own community, and change the life of a child for the better.

Volunteering

Caring for so many children and families is a big job and making sure our clients heal often takes a village.

And not everything our kids require is clinical; sometimes our kids need a positive adult role model or a caregiver needs child care while they meet with a therapist at VIP. This is where VIP’s amazing volunteers like you come in.

There are many ways you can volunteer and get involved:

MENTOR

Make a difference in the life of a child who has dealt with trauma by becoming a mentor. For many of our clients, a mentor becomes one of the few positive role models and sources of stability in their lives. As a mentor, you can help a child reach their potential, provide a supportive presence, and have some fun! Mentors walk away from their experience knowing that they have given their mentees the hope and confidence to move forward and live a healthy, happy life. Mentors must be at least 21 years old and commit to two outings a month and one phone call a week for one year.

TUTOR

Many of our caregivers often lack the time and/or resources to nurture their children’s academic success. Our tutors offer tutoring services to our kids, ages 4-18, in a variety of subject areas to ensure that they succeed in the classroom. Tutors must be at least 16 years old and commit to at least 1 hour per week that matches their assigned student’s schedule for at least 3 months. Tutors are placed with same student during the duration of their commitment.

CHILD CARE

We understand that it may be difficult for some of our families with young children to find child care to make their appointments at VIP. That is why VIP offers our families child care for children 0-5 years old to allow for their caregivers to attend our parent classes and workshops. Volunteers serve as childcare providers to the kids in our program providing them with fun activities. Child care volunteers must be at least 16 years old and commit to at least 1-2 hours per week for at least 10 weeks.

OPERATIONS

In addition to working with our kids, we often need volunteers to assist with ensuring the smooth operation of the agency. These activities can include, but are not limited to: sorting donations from time to time, such as articles of clothing, books, and other needed items to the agency; assisting with our special client events throughout the year, such as the Annual Holiday Party, Halloween Party, and Annual Back to School Event, by helping with set up, running arts and crafts tables, games, handing out snacks to clients, and clean up; and helping with general office work including data entry, filing, and making copies. There are no minimum time commitments as these activities occur year round; however, volunteers must still be at least 16 years old.

Get Your Office Involved

VIP is always looking to collaborate with new corporate and professional partners. If you or your office wish to get involved and sponsor projects to help make an impact on the children we serve, we have a few options to get your business involved:

DONATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Your office can make significant impact on the children we serve by supporting VIP with in-kind professional skills and expertise. VIP is currently seeking energetic professional volunteers who are looking to take an active role in the areas of marketing, events coordination, graphic design, communications, social media, etc. Please contact the VIP Development Department to discuss potential opportunities.

ORGANIZE
A DRIVE

In addition to our annual Back-to-School and Holiday Toy Drives, VIP is always looking for donations of new or very lightly used books, stuffed animals, and clothing. Organizing a drive in your office is a great way to come together as team for a common goal, while also having the added benefit of giving back to VIP! You’d be amazed at what your office can do if you work together! If you are interested in coordinating a drive in your office, please contact the VIP Development Department.

MATCHING
GIFTS

Double the impact of your gift! Many employers offer matching gift programs, which means that when you give an amount as an individual, the company then matches that donation (with very little work on your part!), effectively doubling or even tripling your original donation. Please check with your employer’s Human Resources department to see if they will match your donation to VIP!

Tour Our Children’s Medical Village

With our family of programs continuing to grow by leaps and bounds, we know that seeing believes. We invite you to join us for a tour of our VIP Children’s Medical Village and the S. Mark Taper Family Advocacy Center to see where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going. This free tour will offer you an overview of VIP’s life-changing programs and services and an up-close look at our state-of-the-art Children’s Medical Village, which sees over 20,000 victims of child abuse and family violence each year. Please allow an hour for the tour.

For more information, please contact
Lielah Minoo, Development and Communications Manager at (323) 221-4134 x150 or lminoo@vip-cmhc.org.